Zahid Naqvi
06-04-2006, 2:07 PM
This started as stationary box for the kids, to put on the dining/study/do-it-all table. But the boss lady liked it and asked me to forget the dividers and make it open on the inside to hold mail/letters etc.
Lacewood box, with curly maple top and Cherry handle. The handle was hand shaped (as is evident from the asymmetric side view) with sandpaper and microplane. Finish is two coats of the witch's brew and one coat of paste wax.
The finger joints are handcut. Some of the fingers were not real snug and were showing gaps. So I made saw cuts on all mating fingers and inserted maple strips, as you can see it didn't come out perfect, i.e. some gaps were bigger than the others. The four dowels at the bottom of the lid are for keeping it snug on top.
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Lacewood box, with curly maple top and Cherry handle. The handle was hand shaped (as is evident from the asymmetric side view) with sandpaper and microplane. Finish is two coats of the witch's brew and one coat of paste wax.
The finger joints are handcut. Some of the fingers were not real snug and were showing gaps. So I made saw cuts on all mating fingers and inserted maple strips, as you can see it didn't come out perfect, i.e. some gaps were bigger than the others. The four dowels at the bottom of the lid are for keeping it snug on top.
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